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France reduced its aid to Sub-Saharan Africa by 17%

In 2012, France reduced its development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa by 17%, as compared to 2011, according to a report released on June 25 by ONE, a campaigning organization that fights poverty.Despite its status as a priority region, sub-Saharan Africa has seen a disproportionate fall of development aid coming from France between 2011 and 2012.In its report, ONE provides details on the contributions of the states members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to the region. With few exceptions, such as South Korea (50.8%), Australia (34.8%), the U.S. (12%) and Canada (9.6%) the most OECD countries have reduced their aid. In Europe, Spain, Belgium, Portugal or Greece, have decreased their contribution by 20% to 60%.On 5th of July, the OECD released data according to which, in 2012, France’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) was USD 12.1 billion (or 0.46% of French Gross National Income - GNI). The report published by ONE complements the figures provided by the OECD in April, which reported a downward trend in donor contributions.